What (in your opinion) is a healthy diet?

beautiful_ravens

I find a healthy diet is a simple diet.

Meat/Fish
Eggs
Fat
Veggies
A bit of fruit
Seeds/nuts

Non processed food
A bit of dairy
No gluten
Low 'white/starchy' carbs
High fat

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My late OH adored bread and dripping toast with salt and pepper liberally sprinkled on it. In almost 40 years I never knew him to suffer with a cold or even take a day off from work.

He also liked (which I found revolting) lard spread on brown hovis bread if we had no dripping He said his Granny used to give him and his little brother doosteps of brown bread spread with dripping or lard when he was a little boy pre-war He grew up eating what ever his widowed Mum grew in their garden as she was very hard up.him and his brother would catch rabbits for the pot or go fishing from Cowes front for fresh fish. He was 18 and newly installed in the RAF in 1951 when he first fell in love with processed peas (he had never ever eaten anything apart from corned beef from a tin)after that he preferredtinned veg to the real thing ,which was awkward as I love fresh veg.When we used to stay at my late ma-in-laws on the IoW she used to complain to me as though it was me who made him prefer tinned stuff ,whereas me, as a city girl, adored fresh veg from her garden. :):)I still prefer fresh veg and don't eat tinned stuff ,although I will eat frozen if pushed if its out of season I suppose about a third of my food budget is spent on fruit and veg.I don't eat bread or refined sugar though, and very rarely have butter, although in HM cakes or biscuits.

allthe7s

I'd say a healthy balanced diet is everything in moderation.

Main focus on lean meat, veg, fruit and potatoes pasta rice. The odd cale or biscuit or glass of won't won't kill you but things like that can't become the main focus.

medsdemon

For me it is mostly eating home cooked food, plenty of variety, and lately trying to eat more brown rice, plant based diet etc. The one thing I have realised is only eat as much as the energy you use. I used to be heavier but the last 5 years I have an incredibly active job and as long as I don't overdo it on calories I can maintain a healthy weight with no problems and no extra exercise. If I'm more active in my social time ( spring summer when I hill walk and cycle more) then I can eat tons, and I'm a 40+ age female who used to struggle to keep weight off). My main downfall is alcohol ( which I'm trying to cut down) and coffee ( but now only drink Proper coffee about one cup a day, no instant as my treat). I also mostly eat a gf diet as my husband is a ceoliac and it's easier to do that. I still have "normal" bread but limit it to once a day as ( not sure if it's because I eat mostly Gf) it seems to bloat me and make me feel uncomfortable if I eat more.

But treats are good and as long as you let yourself have them occasionally it's not going to hurt in the long run and if I didn't allow myself them I know I'd end up binge eating on things ��

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medsdemon wrote: »

For me it is mostly eating home cooked food, plenty of variety, and lately trying to eat more brown rice, plant based diet etc. The one thing I have realised is only eat as much as the energy you use. I used to be heavier but the last 5 years I have an incredibly active job and as long as I don't overdo it on calories I can maintain a healthy weight with no problems and no extra exercise. If I'm more active in my social time ( spring summer when I hill walk and cycle more) then I can eat tons, and I'm a 40+ age female who used to struggle to keep weight off). My main downfall is alcohol ( which I'm trying to cut down) and coffee ( but now only drink Proper coffee about one cup a day, no instant as my treat). I also mostly eat a gf diet as my husband is a ceoliac and it's easier to do that. I still have "normal" bread but limit it to once a day as ( not sure if it's because I eat mostly Gf) it seems to bloat me and make me feel uncomfortable if I eat more.

But treats are good and as long as you let yourself have them occasionally it's not going to hurt in the long run and if I didn't allow myself them I know I'd end up binge eating on things ��

Eating brown rice instead of white rice is not better for the human body.

Yes, brown rice does contain a few more vits and mins in it (not much more) but it also contains some nasty little things called phytates.

Phytates are anti-nutrients found in grains and legumes. Phytates, or phytic acid, binds to minerals like zinc, copper, iron, magnesium, niacin and calcium, preventing them from being absorbed.

Phytic acid also inhibits pepsin, the enzyme needed to properly break down protein as well as amylase, the enzyme needed to break down sugar. So not only does phytic acid prevent nutrient absorption, it interferes with proper digestion.

Brown rice also contains bran and germ which are difficult to digest properly.

Dclutterchique

I mostly follow the maxim set out by my cookery teacher when I was at school: 'If you eat a wide variety of colours, flavours and textures you won't go too wrong.'